catchphrase

Definitions

1. A repeated expression, often originating in popular culture.
2. A signature phrase of a particular person or group.

Equivalents

Examples

“Frequently, catch⟳ phrases are not, in the grammarians' sense⟳, phrases at all, but sentences. Catch⟳ phrases, like⟳ the closely linked proverbial sayings, are self-contained, as, obviously, clichés are too. Catch⟳ phrases are usually more pointed and ‘human’ than clichés, although the former sometimes arises from, and often they generate⟳, the latter. Occasionally, catch⟳ phrases stem from too famous quotations.”

“For Tigger, he created a slight lisp and laugh⟳, crediting his British wife with Tigger's "TTFN" catchprase - "ta-ta for now", itself coming from BBC radio comedy It's That Man Again.”

“The former head of BBC comedy claims catchphrases are out of fashion. But as Corporal Jones might say⟳, ‘Don’t panic!’”

“Instead, bro country songs string together a formulaic subset of tropes about beer sipping, truck driving, sunglasses wearing, unpaved roads, and tanned girls in shorts, typically building to a predictable catchphrase singsong chorus.”

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